Alessandro Brun

Core Faculty | Full Professor

Short Profile outline

Alessandro Brun has a PdD in Management Engineering, and is Full Professor at the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano. He is teacher of Quality Management, and Director of two Masters in Luxury Management at Polimi Graduate School of Management. He is a very prolific scientific author, having published - between 2000 and 2020 - more than 200 papers on scientific journals, books and book chapters. In particular his publications on the topic of Luxury Supply Chain are widely quoted. His interest for the Fashion & Luxury Supply Chain was lately focused on the specific topic of Sustainability. He is the founder of the “Sustainable Luxury Academy”, a cultural initiative involving co ...

Education

PHD: Management Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Master of Science: Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Academic course held at SOM

High-End And Luxury Industries Management

Planning And Control Of Technology Driven Projects And Companies

Quality Management

High-End And Luxury Industries Management

Planning And Control Of Technology Driven Projects And Companies

Product Lifecycle Management For Fashion

Quality Management

Analytics For Food Industry

High-End And Luxury Industries Management

Planning And Control Of Technology Driven Projects And Companies

Product Lifecycle Management For Fashion

Quality Management

Design and management of production systems

Planning and Control of Technology projects and companies

Quality management

Design and management of production systems

Management of product requirements

Quality management

Design and management of production systems

Management of product requirements

Quality management

Design and management of production systems

Management of product requirements

Quality management

Management of product requirements

Quality management

Quality management

Academic Publishing

Academic Publishing

Academic publishing

Academic publishing

Teaching Areas: OPERATIONS & QUALITY MANAGEMENT (OPS)

MBA/EMBA

Specializing Masters

Executive Education

MBA

EMBA

Specializing masters

Relevant Publications

Ruales Guzmán B.V.| Castellanos Domínguez| Brun A. (2021), "Instruments to identify relevant quality management practices to productivity", International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, 33, 84-126

Arrigo E.| Brun A. (2021), "A classification model for formal high-end menswear retailers in Italy", International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management, 49, 1348-1366

Brun A.| Casadio Strozzi M., "Manuale Six Sigma per le Black Belt", Società Editrice Esculapio

Brun A.| Lideo C., "Quality Management in the Italian Luxury Industry: an empirical investigation on cashmere", Luxury Research Journal, 2, 22-47

Karaosman H.| Perry P.| Brun A.| Morales-Alonso G. (2020), "Behind the runway: Extending sustainability in luxury fashion supply chains", Journal of Business Research, 117, 652-663

Brun A.| Karaosman H.| Barresi T. (2020), "Supply chain collaboration for transparency", Sustainability (Switzerland), 12

Shen B.| Minner S.| Chan H.-L.| Brun A. (2020), "Logistics and supply chain management in the luxury industry", Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 143

Noergaard K.| Pero M.| Nielsen K.| Brunoe T.D. (2020), "Applying and developing mass customization in construction industries – a multi case study", International Journal of Construction Supply Chain Management, 10, 141-171

Brun A.| Sianesi A.| Towers N. (2020), "Job profiling – a study of the italian fashion-luxury retail sector", Proceedings of the Summer School Francesco Turco

Brun A.| Casadio Strozzi M., "Manuale Six Sigma per le Green Belt - Seconda Edizione", Società Editrice Esculapio

Brun A.| Karaosman H., "Customer influence on supply chain management strategies: An exploratory investigation in the yacht industry", Business Process Management Journal, 25, 288-306

Ruales Guzmán B.V.| Brun A.| Castellanos Domínguez O.F., "Quality management as a determinant factor of productivity: A systematic literature review", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 68, 675-698

Ciccullo F.| Xu J.| Karaosman H.| Pero M.| Brun A., "Moving towards circular economy in the fashion industry: A systematic review of new product development and supply chain management practices", Proceedings of the Summer School Francesco Turco, 1, 268-276

Brun A.| Sianesi A.| Karaosman H., "Bespoke supply chains: Transforming luxury fashion supply chains", Proceedings of the Summer School Francesco Turco, 1, 81-87

Karaosman Hakan; Perry P.; Brun Alessandro; Morales-Alonso G., "Behind the runway: Extending sustainability in luxury fashion supply chains", Journal of Business Research

Scremin L.; Armellini F.; Brun Alessandro.; Solar-Pelletier L.; Beaudry C., "Towards a framework for assessing the maturity of manufacturing companies in industry 4.0 adoption", Analyzing the Impacts of Industry 4.0 in Modern Business Environments, 224-254

Brun Alessandro; Savino M.M., "Assessing risk through composite FMEA with pairwise matrix and Markov chains", International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, 35, 1709-1733

Karaosman Hakan;Morales-Alonso G.;Brun Alessandro, "From a Systematic Literature Review to a Classification Framework: Sustainability Integration in Fashion Operations", SUSTAINABILITY, 9, 1-19

Savino Matteo;Brun Alessandro;Xiang Chen, "A fuzzy-based multi-stage quality control under the ISO 9001:2015 requirements", EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING, 11, 78-100

Karaosman Hakan;Brun Alessandro;Alonso G. M., "Environmental and Social Impact Free Stance and Consequences on the Operational Performance.", Journal of Textile Engineering & Fashion Technology, 1, 1-12

Brun Alessandro;Castelli Cecilia;Karaosman Hakan, "A focused supply chain strategy for luxury fashion management", JOURNAL OF FASHION MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT, 21, 544-563

Brun A.| Casadio Strozzi M., "Manuale Six Sigma per le Green Belt", Kindle

Karaosman H.| Morales-Alonso G.| Brun A., "From a systematic literature review to a classification framework: Sustainability integration in fashion operations", Sustainability, 9, 1-30

Karaosman H.| Brun A.| Morales-Alonso G., "Slow Fashion and Sustainability: The Luxury Impact", Handbook of Research on Global Fashion Management and Merchandising, 468-480

Karaosman H.| Alonso G.M.| Grijalvo M.| Brun A., "The impact of ethical fashion on Spanish consumers", Direccion y Organización, 57, 63-73

Luzzini Davide;Longoni Annachiara;Moretto Antonella;Caniato Federico F. A.;Brun Alessandro, "Organizing IT purchases: Evidence from a global study", JOURNAL OF PURCHASING & SUPPLY MANAGEMENT, 20, 143-155

Eslami Yasamin;Mohaghegh Matin;Brun Alessandro, "DMAIC Six Sigma definition and an analytical implementation: car industry case studies", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY, 3, 653-666

Brun Alessandro;Bolton Simon;Chinnek C., "Benefits of aligning design and supply chain management", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 5, 49-64

Brun Alessandro;Castelli Cecilia, "the nature of luxury: a consumer perspective", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT, 40, 607-628

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